Esperanza
The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.
What is Hope
Esperanza's little sister
What is Nenny
How do the Vargas kids feel about themselves?
What is lack of self-respect
What does "authority" mean?
What is a person or organization having power or control in a particular situation
What was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school
What is rice
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
What is a bike
What is Meme Ortiz's legal name?
What is Juan
What is an "allusion"?
What is a reference to another text or person.
What does Meme Ortiz's tree symbolize?
What is freedom
What is symbolism?
What is when an object represents a complex idea
What do shoes symbolize in the novel?
What is growing up or maturity
The names of each person in Esperanza's family
What is Papa, Mama, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and Nenny
What is "a red balloon tied to an anchor"
What does fondly mean?
What is with positive feelings; with affection
What's an allusion in the novel? Why include it?
What is Cinderella -- to show Esperanza's innocence and loss of it as she has her experience wearing high heels in front of the bum man.
What figurative language does Esperanza use to describe her mom's hair? Why does she make this comparison?
Esperanza's older friend who values education because she "doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin"
What does Esperanza not want to inherit from her grandmother? Why?
What is "her place by the window" because she wants to leave Mango Street and be her own, independent, empowered person
What does empower mean?
What is to give someone the authority or power to do something